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This is where educational institutions need to play an important role,” he said. more-inMinister for IT and Panchayat Raj Nara Lokesh stressed the need for affordable technology and the ability of educational institutions to have an ecosystem to foster it. Paarivendhar said that there is a need for transforming engineering education as India produces about 15 lakh engineers every year but only 10 % of them are employable. ‘Focus on skill building’Mr.
Lokesh said students lack hands-on training and are forced to take the fixed classes and curriculum due to which only a few graduates are finding jobs. “The Central and State governments are serious about addressing the problem and have established ministries for skill development ,” Dr.
Paarivendhar said..